ABL 0541 (P393751)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0541 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393751 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:16] o 2'2'– | [Concerning what you wr]ote, "We wish to grasp your feet; we are afraid of getting deported by Assyria and of being exposed to Elam" — now, in accordance with what you said, come before Bel-iqiša, and let him settle you in a territory that you like. Stay there as my subjects and guard the fortress of the king with Bel-iqiša. |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | I swear by my gods that I shall not deport you and not expose you to Elam. I am writing to you: don't be afraid. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ina UGU x x] ⸢ša {lu₂v}ru⸣ [ša] | |
| 2' | [taš]-pur-a-ni ma-a GIR₃.2-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 3' | ni-iṣ-bat ma-a pal-ha-a-ni | |
| 4' | TA@v\dm IGI ša₂-ga-lu-ti ša KUR—aš-šur | |
| 5' | TA@v\dm IGI tu-ru-te ša ku-tal-li | |
| 6' | a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 7' | u₂-ma-a ki-i ša taq-bi-a-ni | |
| 8' | ina IGI {1}EN—BA-ša₂ al-ka-a-ni | |
| 9' | kaq-qu-ru E₂ ta-ra-ʾa-ma-ni | |
| 10' | lu-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ku-nu | |
| 11' | ina ŠA₃-bi ši-i-ba | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ia at-tu-nu | |
| 13' | {uru}HAL.ṢU ša {lu₂v}⸢ru⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA@v\dm {1}EN—BA-ša₂ | |
| 2 | uṣ-ra ina ŠA₃ DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 3 | at-ta-ma šum-ma a-na-ku | |
| 4 | u₂-ša₂-ga-lu-ka-nu-ni | |
| 5 | šum-ma a-na ku-tal | |
| 6 | u₂-sa-ha-ru-ka-nu-<ni> | |
| 7 | a-na {kur}NIM.MA | |
| 8 | as-sap-rak-ku-nu | |
| 9 | la ta-pal-la-ha | |
| 10 | [TA@v\dm] ⸢IGI⸣ [a-bi-te] ⸢an⸣-ni-te | |
Sources & licences
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